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• Boeing Showcases Its BBJ3 In Switzerland and 2 Other Dow Movers to Watch

  
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  The Boeing Company ( NYSE:BA ): Current price $98.84 For the first time ever, Boeing’s Business Jets is showing off a BBJ 3 at the 2013 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva. The plane is based upon the 737-900ER, and was equipped with its custom VIP interiors at Jet Aviation in Basel. ...
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• Spring Preview: Supreme Court Expected to Make Momentous Decisions

  
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    It’s that wonderful time of year again! Flowers are blooming, young love is burgeoning, and the United States Supreme Court is preparing to make several hugely important rulings in the coming months. The Supreme Court’s spring is traditionally the time during which the justices make rulings on the larger cases ...
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• Marriage Equality – A Simple Solution – Part 2

  
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    Pro and anti-Proposition 8 protesters rally in front of the San Francisco City Hall as the California Supreme Court holds a session in the to determine the definition of marriage (Strauss v. Horton cases). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mat 19:4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from ...
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• Supreme Court allows defendant to “pick off” named plaintiff in FLSA collective action

  
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  In a win for employers, the United States Supreme Court held in a 5-4 opinion that a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action pursued by one employee on behalf of herself and others no longer presents a justiciable controversy after the defendant employer’s offer of judgment mooted the named plaintiff’s ...
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• U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Two Lawsuits Filed Against Nursing Homes Where Heirs Signed Arbitration Agreements

  
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  Last week, the United States Supreme Court reportedly refused to consider two wrongful death cases against nursing homes in Illinois and Kentucky where the plaintiff signed an arbitration agreement.  In Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Co., LLC , No. 12-1012 , the daughter of a woman who died while in the care of ...
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• US Supreme Court decides US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen

  
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  On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen (No. 11-1285), holding that ERISA plan terms govern plan interpretation and cannot be overridden by equitable doctrines such as unjust enrichment or the common fund doctrine, though equitable doctrines can aid in the interpretation of plan ...
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• US Supreme Court decides Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symcyzk

  
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  On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symcyzk, No. 11-1059, holding that a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is not justiciable and may not proceed when the lone plaintiff’s individual claim becomes moot. The FLSA authorizes a private cause of action ...
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• Boston and Freedom… “Americans Made a Pact With the Devil After 9/11/01 Now we’re paying the price, says Andrew Napolitano.”

  
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  The government’s fidelity to the Constitution is never more tested than in a time of crisis. The urge to do something – or to appear to be doing something – is nearly irresistible to those whom we have employed to protect our freedom and to keep us safe.             Regrettably, [...]
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• OT 2012 Supreme Court Scorecard

  
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  This Supreme Court Term features a number of environmental cases.  We’re now about three-quarters of the way through the Term, so I thought it might be helpful to update my earlier post about the Court’s environmental agenda.  I’ve also added links to postings about the cases.   My impression is that the ...
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• Supreme Court says police must obtain search warrant for blood testing if suspect refuses

  
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  An important decision was just handed down by the United States Supreme Court concerning driving under the influence. In Missouri v. McNeely, the court was asked to decide whether it was unconstitutional to take blood by force without a search warrant. The court held that when a DUI suspect refuses a blood test, the ...
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• Drug Sniffing Dog on the Front Porch of a Home is a Search

  
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  On March 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided  Florida v. Jardines , No. 11-564, holding that using a drug-sniffing dog on the front porch of a home to investigate its contents is a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment provides that “the right of the people to be secure ...
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• US Supreme Court decides Levin v. United States

  
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  On March 4, 2013, the Supreme Court decided  Levin v. United States , No. 11-1351, holding that the Gonzalez Act abrogates the Federal Tort Claims Act’s (FTCA) intentional tort exception, permitting a suit against the United States alleging medical battery by a Navy doctor acting within the scope of his employment. ...
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• US Supreme Court decides Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds

  
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  On February 27, 2013, in  Amgen Inc. et al. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds , No. 11-1085, the Supreme Court held that proof of materiality is not a prerequisite to certification of a securities-fraud class action seeking money damages for alleged violations of section 10(b) the Securities Exchange ...
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• US Supreme Court decides Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission

  
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  On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court decided  Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission , No. 11-1274, holding that 28 U.S.C. § 2462′s five-year statute of limitations on SEC actions for civil penalties against investment advisers based on fraud begins to run when the fraud occurs, not when it is ...
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• US Supreme Court decides Marx v. General Revenue Corp.

  
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  On February 26, 2013, the Supreme Court decided  Marx v. General Revenue Corp. , No. 11-1175, holding that the attorney fee provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(3), is not contrary to and does not displace a court’s discretion to award costs to prevailing defendants ...
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• Op/Ed: Discussion on MSNBCs Melissa Harris Perry show about Boston Marathon Bomber Miranda Rights was void of facts

  
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  Photo Credit - smithpublicly.comIndependent Underground News Op/Ed:The notion Democrats in general are "soft on crime" can be perceived, twist and mis-communicated by others. Especially when... Visit "IU News & Talk" right now to read more of this story!
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